It's good seeing Hikaru being at peace. Good for him. It is ironic that when winning meant everything to him, he couldn't win. But now that it isn't everything, he is winning. I hope him the best.
@@plesno6165 i think its not as important to him as it was before. He has a good income now without these kind of tournaments so its not like his life depends on it now.
I didn't say it doesn't mean a lot to him. He wouldn't be playing if it didn't. But by his own admission at one time it meant everything. He has "mellowed" with age and he has come to terms that winning isn't everything. But I will also say this, The more he wins the greater that old feeling returns. Become old and you will know what I am talking about.
@@plesno6165 have you ever heard about the term motivation, with time players lose the motivation to grind their hardest. Just hear it from magnus about how much motivation has played a role in his wc defense. Naka was the strongest in 2015-2016, he was giving his best and was trying to earn himself fame, gratification and money. But now naka is one of the most popular and rich chess players. He is happy streaming, it earns him his livelihood and he does not need to compromise on his personal life by spending half the year travelling. Naka though motivated does not share the same burning desire to win which he did back in 2016 and 2018, he is just playing here just to prove a point to the chess snobs that he is still capable enough to compete with the best in the world.
@@plesno6165 dude u have to think a bit. he means in the past when he needed to win vs now when he is filthy rich from streaming. he doesn't actually mean winning is meaningless to him now. he means he doesn't have the same hunger, need, and desire to win now compared to before.
@@istg5619 What love/hate? Never heard Magnus talk about him. Called him decent once. Nor has there ever been a big rivalry between them. What hate/love relationship are you talking about?
@Dina Belenkaia what I love about these interviews is that you keep them fresh. you are obviously a WGM and strong chess player, but you understand we the audience need more than Qh8+ followed by Qh7+ post game analysis. The Valentine's day questions are perfect. Now we can compare Dubov's answer sand Hikaru's answers and decide !?, !, or !! that's something where Stockfish cannot help. I cannot wait for Round 6 post game interviews !!
Magnus is world champ but Nakamura seems to be leading the way in chess entertainment and the world of chess enjoyment in general. I wish Dina would ask him what and who he's been connecting to for inspiration these days.
@@bobkreme2175 having that editor is def a plus but even without him hikaru would probably be near the top in chess entertainment. Hes a perfect middleground of skill and accessibility to amateur players. Hes just enjoyable to watch and makes it go further than just playing good chess moves on stream.
The interviewer is such a discovery, she found a way to make her questions and presentation thereof so entertaining, provoking and refreshing, without making them rude. She is such a talent for this.
guys I don't think Hikaru is gonna do well in this tournament because he mostly plays online chess which is a totally different game from over the board chess. Online chess you're holding a mouse, real life chess you have to pick up and hold individual chess pieces. The movement of the hand and individual fingers to grasp a chess piece and then maneuver it to the right square on a real life wooden board is going to be difficult on top of strategizing what move to make. I remember purchasing something online for in-store pickup but when I went to the store I couldn't tell what I bought because it was in 3D as opposed to on-screen. Store clerks had to calm me down when I started chewing on the counter and shrieking I was so disoriented. I hope he draws a few games at least.
Hikaru's comment about not losing a game is interesting to me. I've often thought that he does better in elimination style vs. round robin or swiss tournaments, because whether or not he progresses is entirely up to him and his opponent. He could technically be successful if he only beat each player once (with the rest drawing), whereas he often finds himself lacking the necessary points in other formats because he simply does not win enough (too many draws, despite no losses). Perhaps he doesn't take enough risk?
what I really find interesting is who he said that he hates to lose to … 🤔 that doesnt make any sense was this a self-naka prophecy about this event final 🤔
I feel like mvl had the same effect as hikaru. He was a surprise to the candidates tournament and really played well. Maybe(big speculation) hikaru is kinda having the same effect. No classical in the last 2 years so he is fresh and maybe people don't know what his ideas would be
he means the need/desire to win in the past compared to now where he doesn't need to win cause he's filthy rich from streaming. ofc he still prefers to win, but he means the desperation is gone.
@@Viewer13128 I actually think now he wants to win more than ever, yes he doesn’t have his income on the line, but he definitely has his pride, in the past 2 years everyone was saying hikaru is terrible at classical and if he ever played classical again he’s going to be washed by IM’s, so he had to prove that he can compete on the top level. If he actually cares more about streaming he would’ve played titled Tuesday yesterday.
@@Abdulrahman-kq2nw if i summarize what u just said, now it's pride, past was pride and desperation. basically it's what i said. he still wants to win, but in the past he was way more desperate. now it's just pride on the side cause he has $50 million net worth according to google. it is very easy to believe that he was way more stressed about winning in the past because winning now just lets him laugh at haters. that's totally different feeling from trying to stay afloat in your only career.
@@Viewer13128 Actually I think this tournament is way more important in Hikaru’s chess career than any other tournament probably. That is because if he performed terribly in the tournament and let’s say lost 3 out off 6 games then his classical chess career is practically done, people were already in doubt if he can longer perform in classical and now it’s proven that he can’t so neither tournaments will give him a chance nor the audience. Don’t forget that his other income stream is attached to this so if he lost credibility in classical he could easily lose it online as people don’t look at him as this super GM anymore. Do you think mark Zuckerberg isn’t stressed about facebook stock crashing because he’s a billionaire? It’s not about the money it never was and by the way hikaru is NOT WORTH 50 million or even close to that.
@@Abdulrahman-kq2nw the question is if he is more desperate now vs then though. the things you listed for "now" is more like correlation, whereas back then his income and career hinged on the wins. If the "now" was actually more important than the "past", then Hikaru should've declined the invitation according to your reasoning, since it only invites ruin to his current career. or to use a chess analogy, in the past, there was only 1 move. Currently, there are so many moves that Hikaru doesn't mind taking a risk (accepting the invitation), because he is much more comfortable and settled now compared to the past. and building on your reasoning, if Hikaru has had no experience for so long, and all this invitation does is ruin his entire new career, if he cared, why did he excitedly jump into it looking like he's got no stress while saying the others are so stressed? Hikaru is a pretty bad liar if u recall how he tried to fake his reaction to his drunk fight. he can't act this well for sure. the way he is smiling at the opponents' pressure while he accepts the invitation with a grin, he can't act that well imo. he only accepted it cause it is less stressful compared to the past.
All the bishops, knights, rooks move exactly the same on online tournaments too. Chess is chess.You can't devalue them. Just the time controls can be something to talk about.
WGM Belankaya is a competent chess player and interviewer. But I can't stand watching at her face any more because I'm falling in love at an age I should not! 😅🥰
@@mindanalyzer8302 lol 😆 yeah, very cute indeed. Well, I have a very slight edge since I opened the game 😁 By the way we're almost same age, I'll be 49 next July. Good luck!
Often in life, you tend to achieve success by not trying so hard or being too result oriented (If it's meant to be, right?) -- Got a feeling Hikaru will go to Candidates this time!
he says that he doesnt like losing to Leinier (as if he doesnt think much of him). Strange that he says that because they havent played each other that much after all … 🤷🏻♂️ … but he will have his wishes in the final, and Leinier will destroy him , so he can really repeat what he said ps: mark my words 😉
It's good seeing Hikaru being at peace. Good for him. It is ironic that when winning meant everything to him, he couldn't win. But now that it isn't everything, he is winning. I hope him the best.
You really believe that? Its just psychology. It obviously means a lot to him, he just doesn’t intend to show it.
@@plesno6165 i think its not as important to him as it was before. He has a good income now without these kind of tournaments so its not like his life depends on it now.
I didn't say it doesn't mean a lot to him. He wouldn't be playing if it didn't. But by his own admission at one time it meant everything. He has "mellowed" with age and he has come to terms that winning isn't everything.
But I will also say this, The more he wins the greater that old feeling returns.
Become old and you will know what I am talking about.
@@plesno6165 have you ever heard about the term motivation, with time players lose the motivation to grind their hardest. Just hear it from magnus about how much motivation has played a role in his wc defense. Naka was the strongest in 2015-2016, he was giving his best and was trying to earn himself fame, gratification and money. But now naka is one of the most popular and rich chess players. He is happy streaming, it earns him his livelihood and he does not need to compromise on his personal life by spending half the year travelling. Naka though motivated does not share the same burning desire to win which he did back in 2016 and 2018, he is just playing here just to prove a point to the chess snobs that he is still capable enough to compete with the best in the world.
@@plesno6165 dude u have to think a bit. he means in the past when he needed to win vs now when he is filthy rich from streaming. he doesn't actually mean winning is meaningless to him now. he means he doesn't have the same hunger, need, and desire to win now compared to before.
She is by far the best chess interviewer, and Naka is in boss mode.
yes
What is her name?
@@vidhayreddy4644 Dina belenkaya
Boss mode 🤣🤣
Yeah she's good, but I'd give the edge to Anastasiya Karlovich or Tania Sachdev
Interviewer is awesome, she even has her nails painted like a chess board. Congrats to Hikaru for the great performance!
Ya great game Hikaru! Interviewer is Dina Belankaya shes WGM she has great chess streams on twitch and TH-cam channel as the Belankaya.
How you know his PerformancE.. WTF
Her spirit animal is a velociraptor
Imagine being so gay to notice a woman's nails LMAOOOO
@@br3ak_ WAIT Womans paint nails for gay?? Womans take care of her body for gays. Hikaru take care of himself for real men like you!
"You need some kind of odds."
Boss mode.... ENGAGED
You need stockfish or komodo
Hikaru's respect for Magnus is sooo awesome
you can't deny their love/hate relationship 😂😂
@@istg5619 What love/hate? Never heard Magnus talk about him. Called him decent once. Nor has there ever been a big rivalry between them. What hate/love relationship are you talking about?
One of the best and authentic chess interviews ever in my opinion. Great to see someone putting things in perspective and giving proper answers!
@Dina Belenkaia what I love about these interviews is that you keep them fresh. you are obviously a WGM and strong chess player, but you understand we the audience need more than Qh8+ followed by Qh7+ post game analysis. The Valentine's day questions are perfect. Now we can compare Dubov's answer sand Hikaru's answers and decide !?, !, or !! that's something where Stockfish cannot help.
I cannot wait for Round 6 post game interviews !!
Magnus is world champ but Nakamura seems to be leading the way in chess entertainment and the world of chess enjoyment in general. I wish Dina would ask him what and who he's been connecting to for inspiration these days.
he got lucky with his editor
@@bobkreme2175 hikaru's editor's thumbnails are the best I've seen in all of youtube, not even chess related.
@@bobkreme2175 having that editor is def a plus but even without him hikaru would probably be near the top in chess entertainment. Hes a perfect middleground of skill and accessibility to amateur players. Hes just enjoyable to watch and makes it go further than just playing good chess moves on stream.
He looks himself in the mirror as inspiration while standing on a 30cm stool for confidence.
@@EMIN3MFAN96 yes he also likes to trashtalk, drama generates attention i guess. He's a good chad though
I love these damn interviews. Dina Belenkaya asks such great offbeat set of questions in such a deadpan way. She's like Aubrey Plaza of chess.
Jesus!! That's the greatest Hikaru interview I have listened to in a long long time, very diplomatic.
People are surprised he's doing well in classical, but u gotta keep in mind, this guy used to be 2819
The interviewer is such a discovery, she found a way to make her questions and presentation thereof so entertaining, provoking and refreshing, without making them rude. She is such a talent for this.
Not gonna lie world chess and dina know what to ask. Good questions
Great to see some of these questions, very interesting listening to the players reaction and response.
Hikaru is very confident today)
The answer to the adoption question was so casually savage
What a legend......
And Hikaru is pretty good too!
@@alyoshakaramazov8469 lol
Is this Hikaru's final form? He is in Godmode here for sure. Also, " you'll need some kind of odds" 🤣🤣🤣
Keep these interviews coming i love them
5:10 really expected her to ask hikaru out
5:17 Hikaru holding back his laugh 😆
Fantastic interview ❤
Great questions (interesting) and great answers. A mix of chess life and nonchess life asked (and answered) well.
These interviews are like a Netflix show
man you just gave me an inspiration
Good job by interviewer and world chess!!
This channel has the best interviews for chess.
Hikaru sweating after all those relationship questions LMAO
Great interview!
"it's nice to win games." H. Nakamura
Came for Dina, stayed for… Dina
My man literally said to a WGM that she needs some kinds of odds to adopt him. What a GOAT 👌❤️
guys I don't think Hikaru is gonna do well in this tournament because he mostly plays online chess which is a totally different game from over the board chess. Online chess you're holding a mouse, real life chess you have to pick up and hold individual chess pieces. The movement of the hand and individual fingers to grasp a chess piece and then maneuver it to the right square on a real life wooden board is going to be difficult on top of strategizing what move to make. I remember purchasing something online for in-store pickup but when I went to the store I couldn't tell what I bought because it was in 3D as opposed to on-screen. Store clerks had to calm me down when I started chewing on the counter and shrieking I was so disoriented. I hope he draws a few games at least.
Dude is literally in the lead for his group. He only needs a draw in the last round to move to semis
@@walkingalone358 wouldnt he give that to ding leren?
@@Destrakz he said he would definitely consider it. All things considered it is a win win regardless.
I'm dying
- every haters
Look at how Hikaru proved them wrong
Love Dina's fingernails!
4:59 I expected Hikaru's answer to be "On which game?"
She throws and Hikaru hits out of the park everytime. I love how Hikaru is in the zen mode these days, and he literally doesn't care.
Hikaru's comment about not losing a game is interesting to me. I've often thought that he does better in elimination style vs. round robin or swiss tournaments, because whether or not he progresses is entirely up to him and his opponent. He could technically be successful if he only beat each player once (with the rest drawing), whereas he often finds himself lacking the necessary points in other formats because he simply does not win enough (too many draws, despite no losses). Perhaps he doesn't take enough risk?
what I really find interesting is who he said that he hates to lose to … 🤔
that doesnt make any sense
was this a self-naka prophecy about this event final 🤔
She's enjoyed how Hikaru react to her, and im sure she laughed a lot in her mind during this interview
How does someone laugh in their mind
I feel like mvl had the same effect as hikaru. He was a surprise to the candidates tournament and really played well.
Maybe(big speculation) hikaru is kinda having the same effect. No classical in the last 2 years so he is fresh and maybe people don't know what his ideas would be
great interview. By both sides
Hikaru is waaaay too competitive to not care about winning or losing.
he means the need/desire to win in the past compared to now where he doesn't need to win cause he's filthy rich from streaming. ofc he still prefers to win, but he means the desperation is gone.
@@Viewer13128 I actually think now he wants to win more than ever, yes he doesn’t have his income on the line, but he definitely has his pride, in the past 2 years everyone was saying hikaru is terrible at classical and if he ever played classical again he’s going to be washed by IM’s, so he had to prove that he can compete on the top level. If he actually cares more about streaming he would’ve played titled Tuesday yesterday.
@@Abdulrahman-kq2nw if i summarize what u just said, now it's pride, past was pride and desperation. basically it's what i said. he still wants to win, but in the past he was way more desperate. now it's just pride on the side cause he has $50 million net worth according to google.
it is very easy to believe that he was way more stressed about winning in the past because winning now just lets him laugh at haters. that's totally different feeling from trying to stay afloat in your only career.
@@Viewer13128 Actually I think this tournament is way more important in Hikaru’s chess career than any other tournament probably. That is because if he performed terribly in the tournament and let’s say lost 3 out off 6 games then his classical chess career is practically done, people were already in doubt if he can longer perform in classical and now it’s proven that he can’t so neither tournaments will give him a chance nor the audience. Don’t forget that his other income stream is attached to this so if he lost credibility in classical he could easily lose it online as people don’t look at him as this super GM anymore. Do you think mark Zuckerberg isn’t stressed about facebook stock crashing because he’s a billionaire? It’s not about the money it never was and by the way hikaru is NOT WORTH 50 million or even close to that.
@@Abdulrahman-kq2nw the question is if he is more desperate now vs then though. the things you listed for "now" is more like correlation, whereas back then his income and career hinged on the wins.
If the "now" was actually more important than the "past", then Hikaru should've declined the invitation according to your reasoning, since it only invites ruin to his current career.
or to use a chess analogy, in the past, there was only 1 move. Currently, there are so many moves that Hikaru doesn't mind taking a risk (accepting the invitation), because he is much more comfortable and settled now compared to the past.
and building on your reasoning, if Hikaru has had no experience for so long, and all this invitation does is ruin his entire new career, if he cared, why did he excitedly jump into it looking like he's got no stress while saying the others are so stressed?
Hikaru is a pretty bad liar if u recall how he tried to fake his reaction to his drunk fight. he can't act this well for sure. the way he is smiling at the opponents' pressure while he accepts the invitation with a grin, he can't act that well imo. he only accepted it cause it is less stressful compared to the past.
I just made some calculations .. for an adoption match to have a fair 50% outcome for both, the elo difference must be about 450 points
Not telling "anish" to the last question is Hikaru's way of trolling
Pineapple shirt guy claps the goat with “pretty decent” 😂
I caught that too cracked me up lol hikaru is brilliant at starting memes
Decent interview.
great interview, good questions
All the bishops, knights, rooks move exactly the same on online tournaments too. Chess is chess.You can't devalue them. Just the time controls can be something to talk about.
I swear Hikaru always starts speaking with '' yeah, I mean''
Great Interview Dina
These are the questions that should be asked ! Noone cares how someone felt in certain position, etc..
Hmm I do
3:14 Hikaru literally doesnt care
4:39 I 100% knew he was gonna say Fabi
what I find most interesting is the player he chose as the one he hates losing to the most … prediction for final 🤔
I don't think many are going to tune in to watch Hikaru play Call of Duty. He's definitely first and foremost a chess player.
everybody that bashed Hikaru desreved their lack of recognition.
WGM Belankaya is a competent chess player and interviewer. But I can't stand watching at her face any more because I'm falling in love at an age I should not! 😅🥰
she is cute, isnt she? I like her too
49yo, cuban american, divorced and well-off; maybe she DMs me
@@mindanalyzer8302 lol 😆 yeah, very cute indeed.
Well, I have a very slight edge since I opened the game 😁
By the way we're almost same age, I'll be 49 next July.
Good luck!
LOL!! - "I didn't even look, I had no idea!" That's rich.
Hikaru's Buddha mode on
hikaru is in total boss mode 😍
hikaru is a hopeless romantic !??!!!??!! woww 6:07
what was that look at the end of the interview all about.
lol dang hikaru roasted her so hard with she'll need odds lmao
Why couldn't they have her do the interviews at the WCC?
Would've been a lot less cringe.
Nakamura is speaking like machine 🤣🤣
Probably he is in his boss form 🤟
He literally disrespects every GM in the tournament by saying that he isn’t a pro chess player anymore OMG.
That's a sarcastic reply. Karkajin and his wife were saying that
yeah it's kinda funny. Hikaru great troll. fun to watch
Well.. He likes to romance his juicer
Why 😂😂😂 throbbing mate detected
Often in life, you tend to achieve success by not trying so hard or being too result oriented (If it's meant to be, right?) -- Got a feeling Hikaru will go to Candidates this time!
It's Official, Dina likes Hikaru :) 😉😇
I hope Hikaru wins
Compare this interview with all World Chess Championship 2021 interview ..lol those ones takes your cringe level to 💯
Dina's lovely and great. But she still could relax a bit and not feel the tension so much, I think.
Hikaru will be world champion.
NICE ONE HAH
Who's leny???
I think he means Leinier Dominguez Perez.
He's the 3rd or 4th best American player.
He probably said "Lenier" but it trailed off at the end, so it sounds like "Lenny"
Lenier
@@baanbabaan3963 pretty sure Leni is the nickname people use for Lenier.
Sergey Karjakin's wife is punching air right now 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
Did I hear Hikaru say that Magnus is DECENT?
he says that he doesnt like losing to Leinier (as if he doesnt think much of him). Strange that he says that because they havent played each other that much after all … 🤷🏻♂️
… but he will have his wishes in the final, and Leinier will destroy him , so he can really
repeat what he said
ps: mark my words 😉
Kind of have a thing for belenkaya
I think xQC or Ludwig should be interviewing
Great Questions, but Dina was looking particularly gorgeous today ! Great Job !
Does the interviewer have a crush on Hikaru because she gave him 7 minutes. More than the others.
5:10 that pause was way too awkward lmao
who is sash?
Alexander Grischuk
Body language just screams ''Help.. there's a woman here and I don't know what to do'' hahaha
Looks pretty chill to me.
@@Mordecai0 Nobody asked you
@@greigconnor1992 nobody asked you
I don't believe thst hikaru doesn't care at all he is too competitive for that i think he want to prove the doubters wrong
Дина прекрасна. Умом. (меньше, чем три)
5:08 ewww interview just took an awkward turn, stay on the topic of chess! 😅
Irony of losing
we all know he enjoys winning the most against chessbrah lol
In 2087 Alekhine will still be the goat
6:11 you're not original, Tania Sachdev asked Hikaru the same question
4:57what a savage! hahahaha
Edit: adjusted timestamp
hik 👋 howdy
just realized hikaru was also in the frame!! 😅😅😅
Who's Sasha?
Alexander Grischuk.
It's hilarious that he doesn't care.
and more hilarious that you believe him. his ego is bigger than a house , capicci ?
"Pretty Decent"
PogO
He thinks Magnus is the goat!
Hikaru, want to be my valentine?
Yeah, travel a lot sucks 😂😂 Get out of here, Naka 😎
Why is HN so constrained... I guess I know...
Who else did not know who Sasha is?
romantic player🤣
Nakamura passes through as very ignorant who speaks too much.
you probably don't like asians
Oh God.
@@colin8007 Asians usually are not ignorant. You must have been at the top of your class..
@@chookchookflea wow dude enough with the asian hate
He's not ignorant (at least not when it comes to chess), he's arrogant. Not the same thing.